Vienna now the second largest German city.

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Ok, this probably means jackshit to most members but to me it is a complete suprise......... or not.

Vienna use to be a kind of really posh place for richer uperclass type Austrian and rich bavarians. But has in the recent years gained massively in population due to the low student fees (none) and the dropping housing prices in the non posh ereas.

I still hate the place and especialy it`s people like a cyst on my scrotum, but I am still suprised how this social development took place within a timeframe of only 5 to 10 years and that the awsome city Hamburg now is no longer the second largest german city.

[pocaracas]

If Vienna is in Austria, how is it the second largest German City?

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Language.

like Rio and Sao Paulo still being Portugese lingualy.

Berlin is the thrid largest Turkish ctiy.

[pocaracas]

Would you say New York is the largest english city?
Would you say São PAulo is the largest portuguese city?
Would you say Mexico city is the largest spanish city?

Berlin is the thrid largest Turkish ctiy.

LOL, really? you have that many turks over there?

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Would you say New York is the largest english city?
Would you say São PAulo is the largest portuguese city?
Would you say Mexico city is the largest spanish city?

Well, lingualy speaking yes.
Austria and Germany, despite their differences have deep cultural ties.
Are there no such ties between Portugal and Brazil???

LOL, really? you have that many turks over there?

Yeah during the 1960s and 1970s the German economy was growing so fast that they "imported" Turks to work in the factories. Most of them stayed and we now have a very large Turkish minority.

[pocaracas]

Austria and Germany, despite their differences have deep cultural ties.
Are there no such ties between Portugal and Brazil???

Err.... not a lot....
For some reason that eludes me, they still want their language to be called portuguese, but it is farther from PT-portuguese than US-english is from UK-english.
It's not just the accent, it's the grammar, the way they write words (orthography). They seem unable to use the second person of the singular from any verb, they always go for the third, even when addressing the other person directly.

[NoraBrimstone]

I'm sooo confused...

[Chas]

Language.

like Rio and Sao Paulo still being Portugese lingualy.

Berlin is the thrid largest Turkish ctiy.

Montreal is the second largest French-speaking city.

[kılıç_mehmet]

Ok, this probably means jackshit to most members but to me it is a complete suprise......... or not.

Vienna use to be a kind of really posh place for richer uperclass type Austrian and rich bavarians. But has in the recent years gained massively in population due to the low student fees (none) and the dropping housing prices in the non posh ereas.

I still hate the place and especialy it`s people like a cyst on my scrotum, but I am still suprised how this social development took place within a timeframe of only 5 to 10 years and that the awsome city Hamburg now is no longer the second largest german city.

"The Balkans start in the slums of Vienna"

Would you say New York is the largest english city?
Would you say São PAulo is the largest portuguese city?
Would you say Mexico city is the largest spanish city?

Berlin is the thrid largest Turkish ctiy.

LOL, really? you have that many turks over there?

I am a Turk from Berlin. Or at least I used to be some time ago. Even then I was kind of a stranger amongst the Turks there, because I wasn't born in Germany. I only lived there for three years.